Oralmotor and self-feeding progression

Question 1

Oral motor skills, Birth - 2 months

Answer 1

• latches to breast or bottle
• involuntary suck-swallow-breathe pattern

Question 2

Oral motor skills, 2- 4 months

Answer 2

• latches to breast or bottle
• involuntary suck-swallow-breathe pattern

Question 3

Self-feeding skills, 2-4 months

Answer 3

• put hands on breast/bottle during feeding

Question 4

Oral motor skills, 4-6 months

Answer 4

• automatic suck becomes more voluntary
• spoon feeding
• pureed baby foods and cereal

Question 5

Self-feeding skills, 4-6 months

Answer 5

• may hold bottle with 2 hands
• opens mouth in anticipation for eating
• cup drinking may begin w/ max A

Question 6

oral motor skills, 7-9 months

Answer 6

• lip closure around spoon
• can begin to drink from open cup
• soft solid food (voluntary)
• up/down chewing motion (munching)

Question 7

Self-feeding skills, 7-9 months

Answer 7

• hold own bottle
• hold own finger food
• raking/scooping motion across tray to get food
• use of inferior pincer grasp (think and side of index finger

Question 8

oral motor skills, 10-12 months

Answer 8

• begins taking controlled bites of SOFT FOOD
• Begins to move food from side to side (ROTARY MOTION)

Question 9

Self-feeding skills, 10-12 months

Answer 9

• IND finger feeding
• Begins to use thumb and tip of index finger (neat pincer)
• bangs spoon, mouths spoon, and plays with spoon

Question 10

Oral motor skills, 13-15 months

Answer 10

• starting to close lips while chewing
• learning to make controlled bites of HARD FOOD (COOKIE)

Question 11

Self-feeding skills, 13-15 months

Answer 11

• DIPS spoon
• brings spoon to mouth and obtains some food, but spills most d/t wrist inversion

Question 12

Oral-motor skills, 16-18 months

Answer 12

• improved control of liquid within mouth

Question 13

Self-feeding skills, 16-18 months

Answer 13

• holds and drinks from cup IND’ly

Question 14

Oral motor skills, 18-24 months

Answer 14

• chews food completely w/ ROTARY MOVEMENTS
• chews wide variety of textures

Question 15

Self-feeding skills, 18-24 months

Answer 15

• uses spoon to SCOOP and IND’ly self-feed

Question 16

oral motor skills, 2-3 years

Answer 16

• uses tongue to clean lips
• drink from straw with LIPS (no biting)

Question 17

Self-feeding skills, 2-3 years

Answer 17

• 30 months: can drink from open cup using one hand
• 36 months: FORK to PIERCE soft foods and bring to mouth

Question 18

Oral motor skills, 3-4 years

Answer 18

• swallows food in mouth before taking another bite

Question 19

self-feeding skills, 3-4 years

Answer 19

• serves self at table (can pour and scoop without spilling)
• holds cup w/ one hand while holding straw with the other

Question 20

Self-feeding skills, 4-5 years

Answer 20

• spread soft substances w/ plastic or child-safe knife

Question 21

self-feeding skills, 5-6 years

Answer 21

• cut foods w/ supervision

Question 22

self-feeding skills, 5.5-6.5 years

Answer 22

• cut w/ fork and knife
• can IND’ly do entire process of holding utensils, cutting food, piercing it with fork and successfully bringing it to mouth

Question 23

Utensil use progression

Answer 23

10-12 months: banging/playing/mouthing spoon

13-15 months: dipping spoon (can bring to mouth, but spills most food)

18-24 months: scoops food and IND’ly self-feeds

36 months: pierces food w/ fork (soft food) and brings to mouth

3-4 years: can serve self at table w/out spilling (spoon and fork use)

4-5 years: can use child-safe knife to spread soft substances

5-6 years: can use child safe knife to cut food w/ supervision

5.5-6.5 years: can use fork and knife together to cut food, pierce food, and bring to mouth (entire process of self-feeding)

Question 24

Chewing progression

Answer 24

7-9 months: up/down chewing (munching)

10-12 months: begins moving food from side to side (start of rotary chewing)

18-24 movements: chews food completely with rotary movements

Question 25

Cup-drinking progression

Answer 25

4-6 months: may begin sippie drinking

7-9 months: may begin drinking from an open cup w/ max A and a lot of spillage

16-18 months: holds cup w/ 2 hands and drinks from cup IND’ly

30 months: drinks from open cups with one hand

3-4 years: holds cup with one hand while holding straw with other to drink